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55 4 The Millennium Development Goals and natural resources management: reconciling sustainable livelihoods and resource conservation or fuelling a divide?
… most of the Millennium Development Goals. Natural resources provide food and a wide range of other goods (fuel, fodder, timber, medicines, … high proportion of the world's population.(2) This includes not only agriculture in rural areas; 1.6 billion people rely on forest resources … L Buck, M Pimental and J Kamil (1997), "The value of forests to world food security", Human Ecology 25, pages 91­120. 3. Mayers, J and S …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Annual report 2007/08
… a local NGO, they researched what makes for successful sustainable food systems. Helping West African women be heard:  IIED’s Making … change in several developing countries. Cultivating a just global food system:  an IIED-led consortium of researchers and development … chain’: bringing the 1.9 billion rural poor who depend on small-scale agriculture into today’s ‘plot to plate’ system. Communications Weaving …
Page, 23 December 2008
Government officials and researchers discuss the future of hilsa management on 19 January (Photo: Essam Mohammed/IIED)
UK's Darwin Initiative funded project strives to reduce threats to hilsa fish
News, 19 January 2015
The morning fish auction at Mumbai's Ferry Wharf. Thousands of boats fish along the coast, putting acute pressure on fish stocks (Photo: lecercle, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Shaking the money pot to protect nature
… market prices, subsidies are powerful levers to influence groups. Agriculture is a haven for subsidies. The UK spends £3 billion per year … for an end to perverse subsidies. Fertiliser subsidies (PDF)  for food production, such as cereal crops, has been linked to soil …
Insight, 25 July 2017
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Climate Change And Development Consultation On Key Researchable Issues Section 5: East Africa Region Section 5.2. Kenya Scoping Study Acts
… .5 1. 2. Climatic Trends in Kenya .5 1.3 Study objectives .5 2.1 Agriculture and food security .6 2.2 Climate change and Health .9 2.3 Climate Change and …
Publication, 01 January 1970
Local logging bosses ('patrons') attend a training session on business organisation and forest management in the remote miombo forest near Caia in Central Mozambique (Photo: Duncan Macqueen/IIED)
Mozambique's forest theatre – how will the play end?
… We are engaging local farmers around the idea of conservation agriculture to minimise deforestation from expanding farm areas. We are … Facility (FFF) . The FFF is a multi-donor fund, co-managed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) , the International …
Insight, 04 March 2015
A flooded street
How the Philippines’ national M&E system integrates climate and development
… outputs of relevant sectoral agencies, such as the Department of Agriculture for the strategic priority on food security. This ensures that there is an explicit operational link …
Article, 30 October 2019
A woman holds up woven baskets
Nominating your outstanding women in development
Article, 15 June 2020
People from Kandadji village, which is due to be flooded, meet to discuss resettlement plans.
Niger: Tough questions posed by the Kandadji dam development
… who should be required to produce rice to satisfy national food security, as this is why the dam is being built. Others see … of improved land theoretically required to grow the same amount of food as on the traditional land. Communities will be offered …
Insight, 19 April 2013
Sorting apricots in Tajikistan. The diverse and extreme climatic conditions of Central Asia helped farmers develop fruit varieties adaptable to drought and other environmental stresses (Photo: UNDP, Creative Commons via Flickr)
The Paris Agreement – a framework for local inclusion
Insight, 05 February 2016